GENERAL PRIVACY STATEMENT
CHEFS.COM, LLC (“Chefs”) is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals who utilize our site or services. Please read the following policy to understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you may provide to us via this site. This statement may be revised from time to time, so please revisit this page often to remain fully informed of our commitment.
If you are a registered member of Chefs.com, this General Privacy Statement does not apply to you. Please see the Member Privacy Statement.
What Information Does CHEFS.COM Collect From You?
When you browse our website, you do so anonymously; no personally identifiable information is collected. While you are browsing our site, however, we automatically log your IP address (a number assigned to your computer when you use the Internet) and your activity while using our site. We use the activity information solely to improve your user experience. In addition, parties displaying advertisements on our site may separately collect non-personally identifiable information via “cookies.” Cookies are small strings of text that are sent by the advertisements to your browser and then stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Also, you may choose to register as a member of our site. If you are interested in becoming a registered member of Chefs.com, please refer to the Member Privacy Statement.
How Is Your Information Used?
Our Use of Information. We collect, retain, and use the information we collect via our site for legitimate business purposes only, including the following: to monitor site visitor traffic patterns and site usage, to comply with applicable laws, to enforce our Terms of Use, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of CHEFS.COM, our users, and others.
Sharing Information. We may share in aggregate, statistical form, non-personal information regarding the visitors to our site, traffic patterns, and site usages with our partners, affiliates or advertisers. In addition, we will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, or may disclose such information in response to a request from a law enforcement agency or authority.
Product Purchases. If you choose to purchase products displayed on our site via third parties’ websites accessed through links on our site, you may be required to provide personally identifiable information for the purpose of fulfillment of your order. The privacy of such information is subject to the privacy policies and procedures of those third parties.
Modifications
We strive to maintain the accuracy of any personally identifiable information that may be collected from you, and will use our commercially reasonable efforts to respond promptly to update our database when you tell us the information in our database is not accurate. If you wish to make any changes to the information you have provided to us, please contact us at info@chefs.com.
Children
In compliance with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-06 and 16 C.F.R. §§ 312.1-312.12, our site does not permit children under 13 years of age to become users, and we do not collect information from children. By using our site, you represent that you are not under 13 years of age.
Third Party Web Sites
CHEFS.COM may reference or provide links to third party websites. We are not responsible for the third party websites, and you should review the privacy policies posted on such sites. Please be aware that CHEFS.COM does not control, nor are we responsible for, the privacy policies or information practices of third parties or their websites.
Email-a-friend
When you elect to use our referral service for emailing a recipe or other content to a friend, we ask you for your friend's name and email address. Chefs.com will automatically send your friend a one-time email on your behalf which contains the recipe or other content, and which invites your friend to visit the Website. Chefs.com uses your friend's name and email address only to send this one-time email, and does not store this information. If your friend does not wish to receive "email-a-friend" messages to be sent on your behalf, he or she must contact you directly. Chefs.com users may not use our referral service to send unwanted spam to others.
Acceptance Of These Terms
This General Privacy Statement is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the Chefs.com Terms of Use. By using the Chefs.com Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information as set forth in this General Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the terms of this General Privacy Statement, please do not use this site.
Effectiveness
This General Privacy Statement is effective as of January 13, 2006. We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update this statement, and any such modifications, alterations, or updates will be effective upon posting. In the event we modify this General Privacy Statement, your continued use of this site in light of changes to this General Privacy Statement will signify your acceptance of the modified General Privacy Statement.
Questions?
Questions regarding this General Privacy Statement should be directed to info@chefs.com. CHEFS.COM may also be contacted directly at the following address:
CHEFS.COM Online, LLC
21 S. Evergreen
Suite 200
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
Terms Of Use
This website and the products and services of CHEFS.COM Online, LLC and its affiliates ("CHEFS.COM") available via this website (the "Chefs.com Site") are provided subject to the terms set forth herein. If you visit the Chefs.com Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.
CHEFS.COM reserves the right to make changes at any time to the Chefs.com Site, or these Terms of Use. Any modifications to the Terms of Use will be effective upon posting. Your continued use of the Chefs.com Site following posting of any revised Terms of Use will constitute acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.
Trademarks and Copyrights
CHEFS.COM and other marks displayed on our site are the proprietary service marks or trademarks of CHEFS.COM or its licensors. CHEFS.COM’s trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not CHEFS.COM’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among consumers, or to disparage or discredit CHEFS.COM. All other trademarks not owned by CHEFS.COM that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by CHEFS.COM. You may not use, copy, modify or display any of the trademarks, service marks, names or logos appearing on the Chefs.com Site without the express written permission of the trademark owner.
All content on this site, including recipes, design, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, software, audio clips, digital downloads and data compilations; any improvements or modifications to such content; any derivative works thereof; and the collection, arrangement and assembly of all content on this site; are the property of CHEFS.COM or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright and other intellectual property laws.
Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be deemed to grant to you or any other user any license or right in or to any copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right of CHEFS.COM.
Use of the Chefs.com Site
The Chefs.com Site may include recipes, courseware, message boards, an e-zine, newsletter, and an online storefront displaying products and links to third party retailers of such products. You may download, view, copy and print information, documents and other materials on or from this site (i) solely for personal, informational, and non-commercial purposes; and (ii) provided that neither the materials, nor any proprietary notices therein, are modified or altered.
You agree not to post on any Chefs.com message board or otherwise upload on or transmit to or via the Chefs.com Site any information which: (i) infringes or otherwise violates any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right; (ii) is defamatory, libelous, expresses hate, or is unlawfully threatening; (iii) is pornographic, obscene or exploitative of a minor; (iv) contains or embodies a virus, worm, Trojan Horse or other contaminating or destructive feature; or (v) otherwise violates any applicable treaty, law or regulation.
You agree you will not interfere, in any way, with others' use of or access to the Chefs.com Site and will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the account or computer system of any other Chefs.com Site user. You further agree not to take any other action in connection with your use of the Chefs.com Site which violates any treaty, law or regulation and to fully comply with all applicable treaties, laws and regulations in your use of the Chefs.com Site. CHEFS.COM assumes no liability, and shall not be held responsible for, any action you take in connection with your use of the Chefs.com Site.
You agree to access the Chefs.com Site through a web browser. You further agree that you will not use any robot, spider or other automatic device, manual process or application or data mining or extraction tool to access, monitor, copy or use the Chefs.com Site. You agree not to take any other action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionate large load on the Chefs.com Site.
Except as expressly provided herein, you may not use, download, upload, reproduce, copy, duplicate, print, display, perform, republish, sell, license, post, transmit, disseminate, redeliver using "framing technology," otherwise distribute, or commercially exploit in any way the Chefs.com Site or any portion of or information on the Chefs.com Site, without the prior written permission of CHEFS.COM.
Links to Chefs.com
You may include on your website a link to the Chefs.com Site, provided that (i) your website does not contain content that infringes any intellectual property or other proprietary right of CHEFS.COM or a third party; is defamatory, libelous or expresses hate; is pornographic, obscene or exploitative of a minor; or otherwise violates any applicable treaty, law or regulations; and (ii) neither the link nor any other content on your site suggests your site is sponsored by or affiliated with CHEFS.COM or the Chefs.com Site. We reserve the right to revoke, at any time, this consent to any links to the Chefs.com Site.
Passwords
You acknowledge you are fully responsible for all activities that occur through the use of any password you are granted upon registering to use the Chefs.com Site. You agree not to access or attempt to access any password-protected portions of the Chefs.com Site without an authorized password or through any means other than by submitting your authorized password on the appropriate web page or web tools.
Children
CHEFS.COM does not permit children under 13 years of age to use the Chefs.com site. By using the Chefs.com Site, you represent you are not under 13 years of age.
Privacy
The terms of CHEFS.COM's Privacy Statement are hereby incorporated as part of these Terms of Use. CHEFS.COM Privacy Statement
User Content
Except where otherwise expressly provided by CHEFS.COM, all comments, feedback, information or materials submitted to CHEFS.COM through or in association with the Chefs.com Site (collectively, "User Content") shall be considered non-confidential and CHEFS.COM's property. By submitting such User Content to CHEFS.COM, you agree that you assign to CHEFS.COM, without charge, all worldwide rights, title and interest, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights, in and to the User Content. CHEFS.COM shall be free to use such User Content in any manner or media whatsoever, on an unrestricted basis and without any compensation or royalties to you.
You also represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the User Content that you post; that the User Content is accurate; and that use of the User Content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity. CHEFS.COM has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove User Content. CHEFS.COM takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted by you or any third party.
Recipe Submissions
To comply with copyright laws, do not submit recipes that have been printed in cookbooks, magazines, or newspapers. All submissions, and any copyrights therein, become the sole property of CHEFS.COM. By submitting content, the User agrees to abide by these Terms of Use, warrants and represents that his/her recipe has never been published, and grants to CHEFS.COM the right to edit, publish, promote and otherwise use the recipe without further permission, notice or compensation.<
CHEFS.COM Does Not Endorse Comments of Users
CHEFS.COM does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify, or agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted on message boards or otherwise displayed on or transmitted via the Chefs.com Site. Nor does CHEFS.COM make any warranties with respect to any of the merchandise featured or mentioned on the Chefs.com Site. Any information or material placed online, including advice and opinions, are the views and responsibility of those who post the statements or those who actually sell any merchandise, and do not necessarily represent the views of CHEFS.COM.
Recipes and Nutritional Information
CHEFS.COM is not and will not be responsible for your use or misuse of any recipes or nutritional information available on the Chefs.com Site, including but not limited to any errors in such recipes or nutritional information. We do not guarantee successful results based on following any recipes or culinary techniques displayed or discussed on the Chefs.com Site.
No Medical Advice Provided
No aspect of the Chefs.com Site is intended to provide, or should be construed as providing, any dietary or nutritional advice or professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment of any kind. You should not disregard medical advice or delay seeking medical advice as a result of any content on the Chefs.com Site, or otherwise consider any content on the Chefs.com Site to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult qualified healthcare providers regarding any health or dietary concerns or conditions.
Chefs.com Online Store
The Chefs.com Online Store provides images and descriptions of products that may be sold by third party retailers, to whose websites we provide links.
All images and descriptions of products listed in the Chefs.com Online Store or elsewhere on the Chefs.com Site have been provided to Chefs.com by such vendors. Neither CHEFS.COM nor the vendors warrants that product descriptions or other content of this site are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. All product descriptions, product prices, and product availability are subject to change at any time, without notice. Furthermore, CHEFS.COM is not responsible for examining or evaluating, and CHEFS.COM does not warrant the offerings of, any of the product vendors or the content of their websites. CHEFS.COM does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, products, or website content of product vendors or any other third parties. Prior to navigating or purchasing products via any third party website, you should carefully review the privacy statements of such third party and the third party’s terms and conditions of sale and website use.
Third Party Advertisements and Links to Third Party Sites
The Chefs.com Site additionally may provide links to the websites of celebrity chefs, companies who have provided us recipes for posting on the Chefs.com Site, or other third parties. You acknowledge that, at any time, CHEFS.COM may display on this website advertisements from third parties, such as banner advertisements and pop-up texts, and links to third party sites. CHEFS.COM is not responsible for the content of such advertisements or links, any products, services or other materials relating to such advertisements, any linked site, or any link contained in a linked site. The display of any advertisement or link does not imply endorsement by CHEFS.COM of the advertisement or linked site or any content therein. IN NO EVENT WILL CHEFS.COM BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO ANYONE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY USE, CONTINUED USE OR RELIANCE ON ANY ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAYED ON OUR WEBSITE, ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO ANY SUCH ADVERTISEMENT, ANY LINKED THIRD PARTY SITE, OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE.
Modification or Discontinuance of the Chefs.com Site by CHEFS.COM
At any time, without notice to you, and for any or no reason, CHEFS.COM may modify or discontinue the Chefs.com Site. CHEFS.COM shall in no way be held liable for any consequence which results from CHEFS.COM's decision to modify or discontinue providing the Chefs.com Site. Unauthorized Use of the Chefs.com Site
Unauthorized Use of the Chefs.com Site
CHEFS.COM reserves the right to investigate and take legal action against any illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Chefs.com Site, including but not limited to, unauthorized access to the Chefs.com Site through a third party application, robot, spider, automated device, or data mining or extraction tool or other unauthorized means; interference with the Chefs.com Site; or any action that imposes an unreasonable load on the Chefs.com Site. CHEFS.COM's decision not to pursue legal action for any violation of the Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of the Terms of Use or CHEFS.COM's legal rights.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE CHEFS.COM SITE, AND ANY RECIPES, COOKING TECHNIQUES, ARTICLES, SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR DESCRIBED ON THE CHEFS.COM SITE, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT ALL SUCH INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED BY CHEFS.COM ON AN "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, CHEFS.COM MAKES NO, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, OPERATION AND USE OF THE CHEFS.COM SITE OR THE RECIPES, INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS ON THE CHEFS.COM SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. IN ADDITION, CHEFS.COM DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THE CHEFS.COM SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT, AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THEREIN OR FOR ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY ASPECT OF THE CHEFS.COM SITE. FURTHER, CHEFS.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES THAT THE CHEFS.COM SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CHEFS.COM OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF CHEFS.COM OR ITS AFFILIATES (THE “CHEFS.COM PARTIES”) BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, ACCESS TO, RELIANCE ON, INABILITY TO USE OR IMPROPER USE OF THE CHEFS.COM SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL OR REVENUE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF DATA), EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT PERMIT LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, AND THUS SOME OR ALL OF THE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the CHEFS.COM Parties harmless from and against any and all damages, liabilities, actions, causes of action, suits, claims, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) arising from or in connection with (i) your use of the Chefs.com Site or any information or materials contained or displayed therein; (ii) your violation of these Terms of Use; (iii) any User Content you post on the Chefs.com Site or otherwise provide to CHEFS.COM; or (iv) your violation of any rights of any third party.
Governing Law
The laws of the State of Illinois will govern these Terms of Use, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. You agree that any action arising out of the Terms of Use or your use of the Chefs.com Site shall be brought in state or federal court in Chicago, Illinois, and you consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
Miscellaneous
You may not assign or otherwise transfer these Terms of Use or any rights or obligations hereunder. CHEFS.COM's failure to act on any breach of any provision hereof shall not be construed as a waiver of the enforcement of any provision unless CHEFS.COM agrees to such waiver in writing.
If any portion of these Terms of Use is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, that portion will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity or enforceability of remaining provisions. These Terms of Use set forth the entire understanding between you and CHEFS.COM with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, or agreements, whether oral or written, between you and CHEFS.COM with respect to such subject matter.
Contact
If you have any questions relating to these Terms of Use, the Chefs.com Site or CHEFS.COM Online, LLC, please contact: info@chefs.com.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
CHEFS.COM respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that any submission on a Chefs.com message board, product description, or other aspect of the Chefs.com Site may infringe your copyrights, please provide CHEFS.COM’s copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying CHEFS.COM that your copyrighted material has been infringed.
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
CHEFS.COM’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent
CHEFS.COM, LLC
2895 Greenspoint Parkway
Suite 600
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60195
Phone: 847-463-5190
E-mail: info@chefs.com